I wrote a simple UI for class/groups administrators manage Portlets Names.
Copy the files from https://openacs.org/storage/file?file_id=213754 to your /packages/dotlrn/www and call from the class/groups instance the file page element_list, this list the element_id, type of element, current name and page
If you want to use HTML tags like images in portlet names, just add a noquote on variable NAME in these files: (sample using sloan-theme)
/packages/new-portal/www/themes/sloan-theme.adp
..... <bold>@name;noquote@</bold>
/packages/new-portal/www/render_styles/individual/render-element.adp
.... <property name="name">@element.name;noquote@</property>
I'll appreciate your comments